Eight arrested in Home Office raids on Binfield Indian restaurant

Immigration officers arrested eight people in a Home Office raid on Daruchini

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Eight men have been arrested for working illegally in the UK following a Home Office raid on an Indian restaurant.

The owner of Daruchini in Binfield is facing a potential fine of £90,000 for employing the illegal workers.

Immigration officers visited the restaurant in Forest Road on Thursday, April 3, acting on intelligence that the business was employing staff with no right to work in the UK.

Nine Bangladeshi men were found to be working illegally, eight of these, aged between 21 and 35, were arrested with six found to have overstayed their visas and two working in breach of their visa conditions.

A ninth man, aged 69, had also overstayed his visa but was not arrested.

Four of the arrested men were transferred to immigration detention until they are removed from the country while the other four, and the 69-year-old, were placed on immigration bail.

They will also face removal from the UK if found to have no right to stay.

Paul Smith, head of the Thames Valley & Surrey Home Office Immigration Enforcement team, said: “These arrests are a clear warning to those in Berkshire abusing our immigration laws.

“There will be no slowdown in our efforts to arrest, detain and remove you from the UK.

“We’re happy to work with employers who want to play by the rules but those which continue to flout them will face heavy financial penalties.

“I would urge anyone with detailed and specific information about suspected immigration abuse to get in touch.”

The business was also served a notice warning a civil penalty of up to £10,000 per illegal worker found will be imposed unless proof can be provided that the correct right-to-work checks were carried out.